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Uthando luyabekezela

La mazwi ajwayelekile emishadweni nasezintshumayelweni eziningi. Kodwa njengoba nezinye izinto eziningi kangaka ekuphileni, kuyasiza ukubheka kokujwayelekile ngamehlo ahlanzekile-kulokhu, ngeso lezinye izilimi ezingesizo Isingisi. 

Kungani? Hhayi ngoba abahumushi beBhayibheli bezinye izilimi ngempela beyizazi zemfundiso yenkolo ezingcono noma banokuqonda okusha okungokomoya, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi izilimi zabo zibaphoqa ukuba baveze umbhalo wokuqala ngezindlela ezingembula amaqiniso esingawatholi ngokushesha.

Iluphi olunye ulimi olungase "luvule" esitatimendeni esinjengokuthi "uthando luyabekezela"? Ake siqale “ngothando.”

"Uthando" yibizo elingasho lutho—igama elichaza okuthile okungaphatheki. EsiNgisini (nangesiGreki sesiKoine, ulimi lokuqala lweTestamente Elisha) kugcwele amabizo angabonakali, anamagama afana nokufa, inkululeko, isiphithiphithi, ulwazi, nentando yeningi. Ezinye izilimi zinamabizo angabonakali ambalwa noma awekho nhlobo. 

Amabizo angabonakali avame ukwakhiwa ngokushintsha isenzo sibe ibizo, njengasendabeni "yothando." Kodwa olimini olungenawo amabizo angabonakali, elithi “uthando” lihlala liyisenzo, ngaleyo ndlela lidinga izingxenye ezimbili zokwaziswa ezengeziwe: umuntu othandwayo nalowo (noma lokho) akuthandayo.

Ukube ubungumhumushi weBhayibheli onikezwe umsebenzi wokuhumusha "uthando luyabekezela" olimini lapho uthando kufanele lube isenzo esingenakushintshwa sibe ibizo, bekuyodingeka ucabangele ulwazi olubalulekile lokuthi ubani othanda bani. Izilimi ezimbili ezinjalo isiLamogai, ulimi olukhulunywa ePapua New Guinea, nesiTezoatlán Mixtec, ulimi olukhulunywa eMexico. Njengoba umbhalo wokuqala wesiGreki unganikezi noma yibuphi ubufakazi obuqondile mayelana nesihloko sothando nento ehloselwe ("ubani" kanye "nobani"), kuzodingeka ubheke umongo, ulwazi oluzungeza ivesi okukhulunywa ngalo. 

UDave Brunn, umhumushi wesiLamogai osebenza neyoku-1 Korinte 13:1-3, waqaphela ukuthi uPawulu wayelokhu ebhekisela kuyena (“Uma ngi ngikhuluma ngezilimi…,” “Ngi yinsimbi enomsindo….," njll.). UDave waphetha ngokuthi uma uPawulu ezihlanganisa naye, khona-ke "ababenza uthando" kufanele kube "abantu." 

UJohn Williams, umhumushi wesiTezoatlán Mixtec, wachaza ukuthi “iqembu labahumushi ekuqaleni lalicabanga ukuthi kungenzeka uNkulunkulu asithande, kodwa [then]sabona ukuthi ngemva kokuthi uthando luyabekezela, uthando lunomusa, izinkulumo ezingu-8 ezilandelayo zithi: lokho okungelona uthando,” futhi waphetha ngokuthi lawo mazwi aphikisayo ayengenakuhlobana noNkulunkulu. 

Ngokuqondene nento, "ubani," kwakubonakala kusobala ukuthi lokhu kuzoba "abantu" futhi, ngoba njengoba uDave echaza, "Sivame ukusebenzisa nini izimfanelo ezifana nokubekezela, umusa, ukuziqhayisa, ukuziqhenya nentukuthelo? Ngokujwayelekile kuba sebudlelwaneni bethu nabanye abantu."

Ngakho-ke, ukuhumusha kwakho kufanele kube okufana nalokhu: "Umuntu othanda abantu ubaphatha ngesineke abantu" noma "Uma sithanda abanye siyakubekezelela ngaphakathi lokho abakwenzayo."

Zama ukufunda 1 KwabaseKorinte 13:4-7 futhi, kulokhu uphinda uguqule imisho yothando ibe yizitatimende zesenzo somuntu siqu ngegama lakho njengesihloko kanye nabantu-mhlawumbe abantu abathile-njengomgomo. Lokhu kuwushintsha kanjani umbono wakho ngomsebenzi onzima wothando? Ikwelula kanjani imisipha yakho yothando?